Calculating the value of the Union : slavery, property rights, and the economic origins of the Civil War

Author/Creator:

Huston, James L., 1947-

Publication/Creation:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2003]

Resource Type:

Book

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Calculating the value of the Union : slavery, property rights, and the economic origins of the Civil War / James L. Huston

Series Titles:

Civil War America
Civil War America (Series)

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Slavery--Economic aspects--United States--History
Right of property--United States--History
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Causes
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Economic aspects

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Slavery, property rights, and the American Revolution -- The origins of slaveholder aggressiveness -- Free labor and the competition of slaves -- The antislavery debate over property rights -- The constitutionality of slavery prohibition in the territories -- The politics of Southern upheaval, 1846-1853 -- The Northern realignment, 1854-1860.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

xvii, 394 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990002372970302486

ISBN:

0807828041 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780807828045 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC Number:

52134677

Barcode:

010000825278